Lee Lam Thye says the Road Transport Act should be amended to ensure that drivers of heavy vehicles are not allowed behind the wheel if they have more than three summonses.
00:00A safety advocate has called for the licenses of drivers of commercial vehicles who racked up more than three summonses to be suspended.
00:10Li Lam Thay said it was high time the Road Transport Act was amended to ensure that drivers of heavy vehicles such as buses, trucks and lorries were not allowed behind the wheel if they had more than three summonses.
00:24His comments came after reports saying that the bus driver involved in a crash that killed 15 university students on Monday had 18 summonses.
00:36Police said the summonses included 13 for speeding, three for not wearing a seatbelt, one for not having a third brake light and another for involvement in a previous accident.
00:47Lawyer S. Vinnish agreed that the law should be amended, saying that stricter measures might compel drivers to adhere more closely to road safety regulations.
00:58He also pointed out that there is a gap in the system that allowed a man with 18 summonses to drive a bus, an urgent issue he said should be addressed immediately.
01:08Lawyer S. Vinnish agreed that a man who really addressed the list immediately could be addressed immediately.